New road-surfacing guidelines should help pavement designers to understand the technical merits of pavement materials and ensure that important decisions are taken by suitably experienced personnel. Tom Casey and Peter Adams report

Civil engineers are much higher risk from a claims perspective and can struggle to obtain quotations. What lessons can be learned from other professions and how can engineers protect themselves and reduce their risk? Brian O’Mara reports

As part of our series of interviews with project managers, JP Hilliard, associate director with Lafferty Project Managers, elaborates on skills, challenges and methodologies relating to project management

A new edition of Irish Stone Bridges examines the histories and contexts for Irish masonry arch bridges from 1000 to 1830, examining both their beauty and technical achievements. Read on to learn more and for your chance to win a copy

Work on the Clonmel Flood Relief Scheme provided the opportunity to explore the millrace culverts of the town’s Old Bridge before they were sealed off from the river, revealing a medieval pointed segmental arch in one of the culverts

With the new Government strategies for housing and infrastructure, we must deal sustainably with demolition and construction waste as there will soon be no site in the Dublin region licensed to deal with it. PJ Rudden reports

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Engineers Journal, we are reproducing the October 1946 edition in full. Here, Mary Anne Carrigan looks back at the first issue to see how the profession has changed and how some issues are timeless for engineers in Ireland

Irish engineers Stephen Cummins and Andrew O’Connell played central roles in delivering a landmark, multi-award-winning project in Auckland, NZ. In the final article in this series, they outline the unique design and challenges behind the Canada Street Bridge project

The external cladding on the Dublin Waste-to-Energy facility was designed to meet the requirements of fire, span capabilities, air permeability, factory mutual requirements and the challenges of a marine environment

In the first of a series of occasional interviews with project managers, Fearghal Scanlon, EMEA head of quality at M+W Group, speaks about his own role and the skills and experience needed to succeed in project management

Many construction companies may qualify to claim the benefits of the R&D credit (25% on qualifying expenditure). R&D encompasses the design, development or improvement of products, processes, techniques, formulas or software

Kenneth Mitchell's ancestors were employed by William Dargan on Ireland’s railways and canals, which saved their lives during the Famine. He writes that Dargan was not just Ireland’s greatest engineer, he was one of history's greatest Irishmen

Loughlin Quinn outlines the changes that apply to certain construction contracts entered into after 25 July 2016 and the introduction of the new statutory adjudication provision under the Construction Contracts Act, 2013

With ‘Building Ireland’ returning to RTÉ One this month, we preview the first episode which focuses on Spike Island, a prime defensive location in the middle of the second-largest natural harbour in the world

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